[mathcad] Mathcad 13 and MBR corruption?

Author: Quang-Viet Nguyen Posted: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:13:26 -0400

This question may be related to the earlier C_Dilla discussion. I have
recently installed Mathcad 13 on my XP Prof. system (system was stable and
working fine for 12 months until Mcad 13). Everything seemed to work fine
for a few days and then for some unknown reason, I was prompted by Mcad to
perform a new software key verification because the existing key was
damaged. After Mcad reverified the key via the web, my computer would not
boot - just a blinking white cursor on a black screen.

I suspected that the master boot record (MBR) got corrupted. The computer
system technicians came and repaired the MBR. While the technicians were
there, I tried running Mcad again, and it asked to re-verify, this time
however, my licenses had been used up and I could not run Mcad
anymore. However, I think Mcad still accessed the MBR and did something
because the same problem with the corrupted MBR occurred again. I had to
fix the MBR again.

Has anyone else had any similar problems? Or could it be linked to the use
of Mcad with other software on my system?

Thanks in advance.

Viet Nguyen

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